Category: Sustainability & Innovation

Of the hundreds of sugar substitutes available in the market today, honey is known to be one of the healthiest and most nutritious alternatives. Honey is natural, healthy, delicious and packed with vitamins and minerals our bodies need and thrive on. Weather you consume it or apply it on your body, it's healing ability is … Continue reading Honey: Nature’s Altenative to Sugar

Unless you have been living under a rock, it is very likely that you have herd, read, and discussed the benefits of drinking raw milk. Currently a huge food trend in America, raw milk has been and continues to be widely consumed in most parts of India. While raw milk is said to have many … Continue reading What is Raw Milk?

Raw milk essentially is milk that has come straight from the udders of the cow. It doesn't go through any form of processing, nor any chemical alternations. Touted as a superfood by some and hazardous to health by others, raw milk has become one of the most infamous dairy products of the modern era. With … Continue reading Pasteurisation v/s Nature

In 2016, Sikkim became India’s first fully organic state. The initiative, championed by Chief Minister Shri Pawan Chamling, first began in 2003 with the announcement of his intentions at the Legislative Assembly. Subsequently, The Department of Agriculture of Sikkim released a plan of action titled “Going for Organic Farming in Sikkim – A Concept Paper … Continue reading Sikkim: India’s Flag Bearer of Organic Farming

On June 1st , 2017 President Donald Trump officially withdrew his support and participation in the Paris Climate Agreement, siding with officials in the White House who had argued that the agreement was a malicious threat to both the economy and American sovereignty. This agreement has been signed by over 200 countries in December 2015, … Continue reading Climate Change: America & Agriculture

Amongst the many food and beverage items that are currently stripping themselves of their main ingredient, think Sliced Bread (gluten free), Coke (sugar free), Peanut Butter (fat free) to name a few, Cow's Milk seems to be taking the lead. In September 2015 Amul launched its first lactose free carton of milk in India to cater … Continue reading Lactose Free Milk: Fad or Boon?

Food preparation, like any art form, is a medium through which a chef, the artist, expresses themselves. Molecular gastronomy, also known as modernist cuisine and experimental cuisine is a sub discipline of food science that focuses on the physical and chemical processes that occur during cooking. It has three aspects to it: social, artistic and technical. … Continue reading What is Molecular Gastronomy?

Celebrations are plentiful this time of the year. Across the globe, people are celebrating the end of another year. Holiday season is a wonderful time for producers and consumers alike. Everybody is a little more generous, a little less cautious and whole lot happier. While sustainability is something that tends to be left along with … Continue reading A Sustainable New Year

Understanding the food chain has never been more complicated. Over the last two centuries we have witnessed a rapid modernisation of this chain to cater to the growing population. Developing countries like India and China are moving in this direction to achieve food security while developed countries like America are doing so to improve their output … Continue reading The Modern Food Chain

The world as we know it is fast changing. Innovation, globalization and the rapid growth of technology is causing the world around us to shrink while doubling up our opportunities. We are moving towards a tomorrow where time is optimized and menial jobs are outsourced to machines. These advancements are causing mammoth changes in our … Continue reading Nature v/s Technology: the changing face of food